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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Tessy Williams" <tessy_notice@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:45:04 +0000
Subject: Re:

Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
Western Australia
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914
Ref: EAASL/941OYI/04
Batch: 12/27/Du34
                                   WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Australia Sweepstake Lottery
International programme held on the 22nd of july 2005 in Australia
sydney .
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses. Your e-mail address was attached to ticket code
number:
533 9343477 L22 , serial number 9921137002.
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-15-44-37-52 bonus
number 16
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 4th category.You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$820,000.00 (Eighty
Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) via a certified Bank
draft, credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.
This is from a total cash prize of US$10,000.000.00 Dollars, shared
amongst
the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this category.
Please note that your lucky winning numbers falls within our European  
representative office in London,Uk, as indicated in your play coupon
and
your prize of US$820,000.00  will be released into your account from
the
regional branch office in Uk.
All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn
from
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.
This promotion takes place annually and it is sponsored by Sultan of
Brunei,
Bill Gates of Microsoft and his associates to encourage the use of
internet
and computers world wide.We hope with part of your prize, you will
participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion
international
draw.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning informations
confidential till your claims is processed and your payment is
transfered
into your nominated bank account.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous people. Please
be
warned.
To file for your claim and avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
you
are to contact our pay-point  fiducial agency,
contact informations is as follows:
Name:            Douglas White
E-mail              f_agency_white@yahoo.co.uk
Tel                  44 7031914397
Fax                 44870 478 7332
Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be
found at
the bottom right corner of this notification as well as your full name,
address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your
prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings Must be claimed 30th Nov 2005, otherwise all funds
will
be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.
Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this
program.Thank
you for being part of this promotional lottery program. Our special
thanks
and gratitude to Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of microsoft and all his
associates.
Best Regards
Dr (Ms) Tessy Williams
(Lottery Coordinator)
Ref: 7465062241
Batch: 8654490902/91
Lucky No: 5-15-44-37-52, Bonus No:16
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY THIS MAIL, CONTACT OUR FIDUCIAL AGENT FOR YOUR
CLAIM.
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